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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Granny's neighbors call people from the north, especially soldiers?
(a) Rebels.
(b) Stingrays.
(c) Yankees.
(d) Students.

2. To save Granny, Charley must make Canaan the mule do what?
(a) Swim across the river.
(b) Jump over a fence.
(c) Jump on top of a log.
(d) Stop making loud noises.

3. What does Granny plan to do with Charley after she catches him stealing her eggs?
(a) Take him for a horseback ride.
(b) Dance a jig with him.
(c) Keep her eye on him.
(d) Teach him to dance.

4. What almost destroys Charley's hiding place twice?
(a) Beavers.
(b) Killer Bees.
(c) Flood.
(d) Fire.

5. Cois McRae admits to Charley that he would have been afraid to fire what?
(a) A toy gun.
(b) The big rifle.
(c) The little gun.
(d) A cap pistol.

6. What does Granny call the panther?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A "painter."
(c) A "kitty.
(d) A kitten.

7. What does Granny make Charley do in return for taking her eggs?
(a) He has to shoe a horse for her.
(b) He has to write a letter for her.
(c) He has to sing a song for her.
(d) He has to do farm chores for her.

8. Does Charley think he will ever return to the Bent farm.
(a) Yes, it seems like home to him now.
(b) No, he hates it.
(c) No, he does not want to be locked in the hen house.
(d) Yes, but only to build a skyscraper.

9. In Chapter 13, Charley learns that for 15 years, Granny's farm served as what?
(a) A station on the Metra Express Blue Line.
(b) A waystation for songbirds.
(c) A station on the Underground Railroad.
(d) An stop for the red line subway.

10. Where does Charley find Granny?
(a) In an ambulance.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) At the Hodder farm.
(d) Beside the river near the trail.

11. Who does the panther kill?
(a) Charley.
(b) Many of the chickens.
(c) Cois McRae.
(d) Granny.

12. Granny tells the people in Hearn Hollow that she found Charley doing what?
(a) Eating her grits.
(b) Planting her corn.
(c) Wandering in the woods.
(d) Stealing her eggs.

13. What does Granny feed Charley after they first meet?
(a) Bacon, eggs and cornbread.
(b) Deviled eggs.
(c) A hamburger.
(d) Ham and mashed potatoes.

14. Granny tells him that later he will have to do what with the little plants?
(a) Stomp on them.
(b) Weed them.
(c) Fertilize them.
(d) Sprinkle them.

15. In Chapter 10, did Charley plan to steal the eggs?
(a) No, but he stole the ham.
(b) No, he planned to pay a penny for each egg.
(c) No, but he was out of money.
(d) Yes, but only a few.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charley admits what to Cois McRae?

2. How does Charley feel about shooting a gun?

3. When do Charley and Granny celebrate Christmas?

4. Charley pours out his story to a man in a wagon, who says what?

5. What is the problem with Charley's canteen?

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